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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 11 months

JG Ballard's story of a scientific mission surveying drowned cities. This is a future where the Earth's atmosphere, and human consciousness, has eroded. Adapted by Graham White. Show more

Contributors

Strangman:
Tim McInnerny
Colonel Riggs:
Robert Blythe
Dr Alan Bryant:
Paul Stonehouse
Lieutenant Hardman:
Ben Crowe
Caesar:
Don Gilet
Writer:
JG Ballard
Adaptor:
Graham White

Drama on 4

Dog Days

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Set in the world of independent greyhound racing (or 'flapping'), Justin Hopper's poignant drama tells of three generations of men all connected with the sport. Show more

Home Front

2 September 1914 - Ralph Winwood

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 2 months

The complexities in the vicar's life threaten to catch up with him. Show more

15 Minute Drama

The One About the Social Worker

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Liz has been offered a settlement by the council, if she will sign a gagging order. Show more

The Stuarts

Charles II, Part One: Through the World in Various Fortune

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Mike Walker. When news of Oliver Cromwell's death reaches Brussels, the exiled Charles II plots his return. With Jamie Parker. Show more

Contributors

Charles:
Jamie Parker
Kenelm Digby:
Paul Hilton
Young Charles:
Adam Thomas Wright
General Monck:
Alun Raglan
Secretary:
Matthew Watson
Colonel:
David Cann
Director:
Marc Beeby

The Stuarts

Charles II, Part Two: The Long Lease of Pleasant Days

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Mike Walker, with Pip Torrens and James Fleet. Charles II's feud with parliamentary reformers and his audacious plot to confound them and secure the throne for his brother. Show more

Contributors

Charles II:
Pip Torrens
Ashley-Cooper:
Ken Bones
Monmouth:
Alex Waldmann
Titus Oates:
Matthew Watson
Catherine:
Elaine Claxton
Speaker:
David Cann
Director:
Marc Beeby

The Stuarts

James II: The Storms of this Deceitful World

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Mike Walker. James II's reign lasted just four years, before he fled England in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. How did it all go so wrong? With James Fleet. Show more

Contributors

James II:
James Fleet
Sunderland:
Clive Hayward
Sarah Churchill:
Jaimi Barbakoff
Monmouth:
Alex Waldmann
Colonel:
David Cann
Foreman:
Damian Lynch
Director:
Marc Beeby

15 Minute Drama

The One About the Social Worker

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

When Tamsin presents her with an emergency, Liz tries to play it by the book. Show more

Contributors

Liz Beecham:
Claire Skinner
Tamsin Geraghty:
Lacey Turner
Sundeep Mishra:
Sasha Behar
Dale Stemp:
Sean Murray
Receptionist:
Philippa Stanton
Security Officer:
Matthew Watson

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

She’s hired a gun-slinging companion, but Ambassador B’s set to be disarmed in a way never dreamed of. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more

The Zone

Episode 2

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 20 days

Turner is caught in a corrupt world where power lies in blood and body parts. Sci-fi crime thriller from Bafta-winning writer Trevor Preston. Show more

Drama on 4

I Am Anonymous

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Mateusz Dymek. Hacktivist Marco has promised his wife he won't mess around online again. But the arrest of an old comrade-in-arms makes this promise harder and harder to keep. Show more

Tommies

18 May 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

On the eastern front, the Russian army are retreating, but the renegade Prince Balashov is determined to wrench some kind of victory from defeat. By Michael Chaplin. Show more

Contributors

Celestine De Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Marjorie Blaikeley:
Elaine Claxton
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Prince Balashov:
Parth Thakerar
Capt Maxim Frunze:
Matthew Watson
Kolya Stepniak:
David Cann
Mamasha:
Jane Slavin
Reissner:
Damian Lynch
Producer:
David Hunter

Brand

Tommies

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Ambassador B inspects a planet keen on free speech, yet no-one speaks of her predecessor, Ambassador A. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Ambassador B opts to turn in her badge on the next planet she finds. But there is no one to surrender to. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more

Home Front

27 August 1914 - Gabriel Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 2 months

In Folkestone, Gabriel struggles to write an appropriate speech for the first British war wounded. Show more

Tommies

4 November 1914

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Celestine returns from France to find that things are amiss, while her husband Robert gets embroiled in the realities of financing a war. Stars Indira Varma and Patrick Kennedy. Show more

Contributors

Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Robert de Tullio:
Patrick Kennedy
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Gladys Oddy:
Laura Molyneux
Lt Colonel Dobbie:
Nicholas Farrell
Harry Bentley:
Ben Crowe
Henry Montague:
Michael Bertenshaw
Frank Bostridge:
Will Howard
Julius Adler:
Matthew Watson
Bennett:
David Cann
Walter Oddy:
Tony Pitts
Producer:
David Hunter

Brand

Tommies

The Zone

Episode 1

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 20 days

Turner finds himself caught in a corrupt world, where power lies in blood and body parts. Starring Michael Bertenshaw. Show more

The Stuarts

To Make the Plough Go before the Horse

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Mike Walker. James I's life and reign told through his relationships, from his one love, Esme, to his favourite, George Villiers. Starring Bill Paterson. Show more

Contributors

King James I & VI:
Bill Paterson
Young James:
Stewart Campbell
George Buchanan:
John Rowe
Esmé Stewart:
David Dawson
Prince Charles:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Buckingham:
Dominic Mafham
Agnes Sampson:
Amaka Okafor
Cranfield:
Ben Crowe
Chancellor:
Matthew Watson

Drama on 4

Stephen Wyatt - The Organist's Daughter

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Can the great German composer Buxtehude find a marriage for his daughter, so that he can retire? Stars Simon Russell Beale, Emma Fielding and Naomi Frederick. Show more

Contributors

Dieterich Buxtehude:
Simon Russell Beale
Anna Margreta:
Emma Fielding
Anna Sophia:
Naomi Frederick
Johann Christian Schieferdecker:
Matthew Watson
Georg Friedrich Handel:
Joseph Kloska
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Karl Davies

Genres

The Stuarts

A World of Fools and Knaves

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Mike Walker. Henrietta Maria, Charles I's Catholic queen, watches her husband, the 'second-best-king', fail to keep a hold on the reins of government. Show more

Contributors

King Charles I:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Henrietta Maria:
Vanessa Kirby
Buckingham:
Dominic Mafham
Lucy Carlyle:
Kate Fleetwood
Strafford:
Anton Lesser
Eleanor:
Amaka Okafor
Ensemble:
Ben Crowe
Ensemble:
Sean Murray
Ensemble:
David Seddon